my reporting for Reuters: President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to the coal mine in northern Iran was all going to plan, until the crowd massed in front of his car chanting “it’s a day of mourning for workers”. Seconds later, shaky footage of Sunday’s protest showed a man jumping onto the bonnet and stamping hard on

By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, Laurence Frost and Edward Taylor for Reuters: French carmakers PSA (PEUP.PA) and Renault (RENA.PA) are turning their U.S. absence into an Iranian advantage by piling into a resurgent market still off-limits to foreign rivals fearful of sanctions under Donald Trump’s administration. The French investment has been seized upon by Iranian President Hassan

My reporting for Reuters Tamnoush, an Iranian company that makes fizzy drinks, has shut down its production line after 16 years and laid off dozens of workers. It was facing massive losses as U.S. sanctions pushed up the price of imported raw materials. “All our 45 workers are jobless now. The men are driving taxis